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Events
- Meleager, a Latin play on the mythological figure by "Gulielmus Gagerus" (William Gager), is performed by students at Christ Church, Oxford in February.
New books
- George Buchanan - Rerum Scoticarum Historia
- Hieronimo de Caranza - Libro dela Philosophia delas Armas
- Douay-Rheims Bible
- Richard Hakluyt - Divers Voyages
New drama
- Anonymous - The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune
- William Gager - Meleager (Latin)
- Giovanni Battista Guarini - Il pastor fido
Poetry
See 1582 in poetry
Births
- January 6 - Alonso de Contreras, Spanish adventurer and writer (d. 1641)
- January 28 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist and poet (d. 1621)
- February 6 - Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher (d. 1657)
- October 17 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1637)
- November - Susanna Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare (d. 1648)
- date unknown
- Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (d. 1655)
- Richard Corbet, English poet (d. 1635)
- Phineas Fletcher, English poet (d. 1650)
- William Lithgow, Scottish traveller and author)|William Lithgow (traveller and author (d. 1645)
- François Maynard, French poet (d. 1646)
Deaths
- January 26 - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist writer (b. 1499)
- September 28 - George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
- date unknown
- Natalis Comes, Italian mythographer, poet and historian (b. 1520)
- Jobus Fincelius, German humanist writer
- Jacques Peletier du Mans, French humanist poet (b. 1517)
